Collapsible-table attachment for bath-tubs.



U. I. EWING.

COLLAPSIBLE TABLE ATTACHMENT FOR BATH TUBS.

APPLICATION FILED o cr. 21, 1914.

1,199,881. v Patentd Oct 3,1916.

COLLAPSIBLE-TABLE ATTACHMENT FOR BATH-TUBS.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1916.-

Application filed October 27, 1914. Serial No. 868,818.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, URBANE J. EWING, acitizen of the United States, residing at Uniontown, in the county ofFayette and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Collapsible-Table Attachments for Bath-Tubs, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in collapsible tables particularlyadaptedto be attached to bath tu'bs.

The objects of my invention are :First, to construct a tableadapted tobe supported over and applied to a bath tub, which can be easilyattached or detached thereto, said table being without excessive weight,inexpensive to manufacture and readily assembled or repaired. Second, toconstruct a removable and collapsible bath tub table which involves theleast number of parts, can be easily kept clean and adapted for manyuses in connection with the water in the tub or without the same. Third,otheradvantages and objects of the invention will appear from thedetailed description to be hereinafter given.

The invention consists of structural characteristics and relativearrangements of the elements, which will be hereinafter more fullydescribed and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings similar reference characters indicate the same parts inthe several figures of the drawing, in which Figure 1, is a plan view ofan ordinary bath tub with my improved folding table attached thereto.Fig. 2, is an enlarged sectiona-l view on line IIII of Fig. 1. Fig. 3,is a sectional view on line III-III of Fig. 2, with the canvas removed.Fig. 4, is an enlarged view partly in section of one end of a modifiedform, and Fig. 5, is a perspective view of another modified form of rodwhich may be used to form the table.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, 1 represents the ordinary bath tub havingthe end wall 2, provided with the usual hot and cold water faucets 3, 3.4, 4 are the side walls of the tub 1, having the usual out-turned flangeor rim 5 to which my improved table is capable of being removablysupported. Said table is formed by means of two stifl pipes or hollowsupporting rods 6,' 6 which have their ends internally threaded to beengaged by pins 7-, (seeFig. 3) having threads at their inner ends andheads 8 at their outer ends. Loosely and rotatably engaging each of thepins 7, between the heads 8 and ends of the rods 6 is provided a hook 9,said hooks 9, 9 being so formed and bent as to conform to the outsidecurvature of the tub 1. Said hooks 9 may be inclosed with an outsidetightly fitting cover 10 of rubber,

leather or cloth, to prevent said hooks from scratching or injuring thetub or rattling against the same. 11 is a piece of heavy textile orflexible material such as duck, canvas or other similar fabric,preferably water proofed and having formed on its opposite.

rial 11 will assume substantially a horizontal or straight position andform a soft table securely held over the bath tub as shown in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 4, the construction of the rods 6, 6,

flexible material 11, with its stitching 12 and hems 13, 'are the sameas shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, except that in said Fig. 4, the hook 14,is provided with a threaded integral shank 15, bent atright angles tothe hook 14, and adapted to engage the threads in the ends of the hollowrods 6. j

Fig. 5 illustrates a further modification in which the rod 6, pins 7 andhook 8 are made of a single piece of stiff solid rod 16, having its endsbent and arranged to form the inte gral hooks 17, 17 adapted to engagethebut turned rims or flanges 5.

From the foregoing disclosure, it will be seen that I have produced withthe least number of elements or parts, a folding or collapsible table,which may be held firmly and tightly stretched across a section of abath tub, and enable the same to support an infant while beingdressed,orany material while being washed in the-tub. The attach mentalso is so proportioned and constructed as to reduce the weight to aminimum, thereby enabling the same to'be easily transported and handledwhile being attached or detached from thebath tub."

A pin or rivet 18 may be passed-through the end of the pipe 6 and innerend of each of the pins 7 asshownin Fig. 3, for the purpreventing saidins 7 from turnlng or working out of sai pipes 6.

What I claim is A folding or collapsible table for attachment to a bathtub comprising tWo separate and independent hollow rods, a pin insertedin each end of said rods and projecting therefrom, a 'hook rotatablyconnected to each of said pins and adapted to engage the side flange orrim at the top of the bath tub, and a flexible sheet connected to saidrods 10 forming a table across a section of the bath tub from one sideto the other when the said hooks engage the flange or rim of the tub. v

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

URBANE .l. EWING.

Witnesses:

HOLLIE W. FRANKs, J. S. DOUGLAS.

